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LeMay museum set to open on June 2

March 1, 2012

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LeMay—America's Car Museum in Tacoma, Wash., will hold its grand opening on June 2. The four-story, 165,000-square-foot museum holds more than 500 vintage cars, trucks and motorcycles, including vehicles from Harold LeMay's personal collection.

The grand-opening event will include a live concert, a free outdoor show and go-kart and slot-car racing.

The idea for the museum began after Harold and Nancy LeMay amassed the largest privately owned collection of cars, motorcycles, trucks and other vehicles in world. LeMay made his fortune owning Harold LeMay Enterprises, a refuse company in Tacoma.

At its peak, the collection numbered more than 3,000 vehicles and thousands more artifacts. In 1998, the LeMays formed the charitable organization, the Harold E. LeMay Museum, now called America's Car Museum. The family donated a sizable portion of their collection to the museum. Harold LeMay died in 2000; Nancy LeMay sits on the board of directors.

America's Car Museum is projected to pump $34 million annually to the local Washington economy.